The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-18
dR. BEECHER's LAST SER.
MON.


\ Mr.. Beecher's last sermon was preached
February q. from the text Luke xvi. A.
III am resolved what 10 do.v The fol.
flowing were HE concluding words:
-You come into the church because
you find sympathy there and kindly hello
there. Are you willing 20 take advsn-
|sage o. ~ these kindly helps. 50 that
you may be able 70 keep yonr purpose
and yonr will Are you willing to be-
gin u now! You don't need any more
knowledge You have been brought M
IN Christian knowledge from the very
cradle; you have no bad associations:
you have necessarily known ~ the aver
age, what Christian lite was and Chris
fisn duty is. Il there-ihere is not
man here that needs 10 have additional
Instructions he knows shst he Il bound
Z" live ohcdirntlv 10 God aud In love
with Jesus Christ Rut csn man come
into State Of emofiony Can 4 man bv.
simply saving will. feel? No. no; but
bs saying will feel. he can take the
steps 70 feel A man siivers and saye.
'ChiIis and fever are not agreeable:
am determined to get over them Well.
ron csn not get over them by determ-
ming IL, but II yon will take quininc
enough you can. Nov, let your pur-l'
Jose be NOT simply shis, 4 am resolved
% be Christian, but am resolved 90
l an going 10 feel
nyseif Tor al the help can and ali the
;hristisn institutions thst are necessary
or my veal Now, that il practical.
Ind that is common sense a. we'll as
moral sense. Or are you going "a saw.
Well, ! will see about IT, No. Won
Ecnf; you know il. Aud that thing (
re have IN our times. when . 10th debt |
y. he has given note for the sake OF I
.aying debt--but for the sake or get
Ing rid Of paying IL they put Il OF for 4
our months and then they give another I
ote. II i the greenback business. n .
hick they pay one note By giving an
iher. There ere muItitudes or people =
hat form resolution Tor the sake or r
ot fulfilling : duty. aud Z man SAYS. !
Well. have made up nv mind I an !
Ding TO Be Christian a. soon q 1 eet 4
rady When are you going 70 get &
sady5 X has ciouded your conscience h
"a c'ouded your reason now By prom v
ing 70 do thar. BY and by, when the e
Dnvenient time comes; and the devil q
I'll see 10 u thsi Il never comes. II IL q
resolution thas simply means the fee:- n
g o. having lone your duty. And / ol
ink the mot scandaIous meannesees el
ID dishonorsbeness that can very well b,
J imagined. wien the parties concerned in
= regarded, j. that resolution that peo-
e form 90 be . Christisn, when they
we wasted themselves in the service OF
ifi~hness, snd when they have come
20 old age and lie on their DEATH bed. IA
should think myself very mean IL, In q
. summer time. should gather -
ck Of peas and she'll out The peas, and o.
nd the pods Oser 10 my neighbor as se
essnt. That - what men mean TO Go 20
Ith God they mean to live In youth -
Ter their passions: they mean TO live "a
middle age after their ambition; they
san 20 live In old age after ease, and ~
fore they die they hope 70 whip on
: right side and get into heaven. When Up
q come TO examine such conduct il on
relations 10 men, there II not = saw.
> that would not feel that was infa- ncl
,us-t0 repay protection, divine ben.
Iction. the minisiratiOn Of God through NM
the channels Of nature and the kind-
- Of God through Jesus Christ for gin
ministsssion Of the gospel; and Ev
man deliberately Gays, wc will Bo
4 al the money out or these I
ngs and I'll the rest that u In life. De
! when We are no longer of use 10 our -
ves. We are goingv We will regent % hor
10 Get into heaven. Two Dutch el- -.
. had been warm friends and yet one
! they fell out with each other, and
fire grew fercer until they came %
litiveIy 70 hate each oiher, and one uay
u. - - hWn